Field Trip to Black Hawk
State Historic Site
Rock Island, Illinois
Here is a Scavenger Hunt for you – let’s learn about Black Hawk and the park
before your trip.
Black Hawk mixes
nature, history
1. Sauk and Fox Indians once
wove straw mats and dried pumpkin rings on wooden bars at
_____________________________________.
2. Ms. Carvey-Stewart asks
students what an Indian is. What does
she want them to say? __________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
3. How many school children
visit the Hauberg Indian Museum at the Black Hawk State Historic Site each
year? _______________________
Chief Black Hawk and the
Black Hawk War
4. What was Black Hawk’s full
name (in English)?___________________
__________________________________________________________
5. Where and when was Black
Hawk born? ________________________
_________________________________________________________
6. What was Black Hawk’s name
in his native tongue? ______________
_________________________________________________________
7. Was Black Hawk a chief? Yes
No
8. Black Hawk was married to a
woman named _____________________.
Victory and DeSoto,
Wisconsin - Battle of Bad Axe
9. What city is the general
site of the final battle of the Black Hawk War? _____________________________________________________.
10.
Black
Hawk was a leader of the _________ and ___________________ Indians in northern
Illinois during the period of westward expansion into the newly opened
_________________ ____________________.
11.
Who
was Black Hawk an ally to during the War of 1812? _______
______________________________________________.
12.
_____________________
was started as a trading post after the Black Hawk War.
13.
What
were Black Hawk’s farewell words? “You
have taken me prisoner with all my warriors - ______________________________.”
Ethnobotany
of Black Hawk State Historic Site – click on Index
of Plants
14.
Name
two plants in the Wetland/River Habitat:
a.
____________________________
b.
____________________________
15.
Name
two plants in the Prairie Habitat:
a.
____________________________
b.
____________________________
16.
Name
two plants in the Forest Habitat:
a.
____________________________
b.
____________________________
Virtual
Tour of Trees at Black Hawk State Historic Site
17.
Take
a tour of the trees you will find at Black Hawk State Historic Site.
a.
Tree
A ______________________________
b.
Tree
B ______________________________
c.
Tree
C ______________________________
d.
Tree
D ______________________________
Statue of the warrior Black Hawk
18.
What
was the name of the Sauk village, which was the largest Native American village
in the present United States? _________________
__________________________________________.
19.
In
1891, a Chicago sculptor, ________________________________, carved the
sculpture (of Black Hawk) – free-hand and without any measurements.
20.
Where
did the sculpture stand for 62 years before it was moved to its present site in
front of the Watch Tower Lodge at the Black Hawk State Historic Site?
______________________________________________
_________________________________________________________.
Prepared
by Mrs. Slonneger, www.keyboardconnections.com